Liberating the Politics of Jesus: Renewing Peace Theology through the Wisdom of Women

Liberating the Politics of Jesus explores the social and political implications of the gospel message through Anabaptist theology and practice from a female perspective, challenging patriarchal distortions and demonstrating gender justice and peace theology are inseparable. It features pen drawings and confronts difficult topics such as power structures, armed conflict, and sexual violence, offering a renewed Anabaptist peace theology with the potential to transform theology and ministry in all Christian traditions.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 03 September 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The gospel message has profound social and political implications, and this volume explores these issues from a female perspective through Anabaptist theology and practice. The contributors, representing diverse disciplines and backgrounds, liberate the radical political ethic of Jesus Christ from patriarchal distortions and demonstrate the inseparability of gender justice and peace theology. Beautifully illustrated with pen drawings, Liberating the Politics of Jesus recognizes the authority of women to interpret and reconstruct the peace church tradition on various topics, including subordination, suffering, atonement, the nature of the church, leadership, and discipleship. The contributors confront challenging issues such as the power structures in South Africa, armed conflict in Colombia, and the sexual violence of John Howard Yoder. The result is a renewed Anabaptist peace theology with the potential to transform the work of theology and ministry in all Christian traditions.

Weight: 376g
Dimension: 139 x 216 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780567692788